Fortinet
Sales Engineer, Majors Enterprise
Houston, TX · Remote · Full-time · Posted Jun 6, 2026
- Experience
- 5–8 years in pre-sales or systems engineering roles.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Partners with sales to advise large enterprise customers, design cybersecurity architectures, and guide technical evaluations and post-sale alignment.
What you'll do
- Qualify opportunities, lead discovery and assessments, and align solution strategies with customer business outcomes.
- Design and present secure networking, cloud, and SecOps architectures to technical and executive stakeholders.
- Support deployment transitions and provide roadmap guidance and strategic customer reviews.
What they ask for
- 5–8 years of experience in pre-sales or systems engineering in enterprise-scale cybersecurity, networking, or cloud environments.
- Strong understanding of networking (LAN/WAN, routing, switching, VPNs, TCP/IP) and core security protocols (IPSec, TLS/SSL, PKI, SAML, OAuth, RADIUS, etc.).
- Ability to articulate and design solutions across SecOps, Zero Trust and SASE, cloud and hybrid security, and identity and access management.
- Strong presentation and communication skills, with a track record of leading architectural discussions and aligning technical solutions with enterprise business priorities.
Nice to have
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience); industry certifications such as CISSP, CCSP, NSE, CCNP Security, or AWS Security Specialty.
- Consulting or advisory experience with large enterprise customers, especially CISO/CIO-level conversations; familiarity with MITRE ATT&CK, NIST CSF, ISO 27001, or SOC 2.
Tools
LAN/WAN, routing, switching, VPNs, TCP/IP, IPSec, TLS/SSL, SIEM
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